Vocabulary Test

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Aloof

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Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

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Elegy

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A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

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Callous

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Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

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Empathy

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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

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Altruism

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The selfless concern for the well-being of others.

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Cynical

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Believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity.

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Eloquent

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Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing.

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Nostalgia

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A sentimental longing for the past.

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Ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning.